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Edward Burne-Jones
Ladies and Death (1860)
pen and ink over pencil laid down on thin card
14.4 × 45.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1898
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Ladies and Death
(1860)
Medium
pen and ink over pencil laid down on thin card
Measurements
14.4 × 45.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1898
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed verso l.l.: Designed and drawn by E. Burne-Jones
The property of Geo P. Boyce Aug. 4, 1860
inscribed verso l.c.: Ladies and Death
inscribed verso l.r.: George Price Boyce
Accession Number
41-2
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Emotions and Mental States Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
bells (idiophones) corpses (bodies) dark (colour attribute) Death (allegorical character) graves greyscale sunflower (genus) women (female humans)
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite